Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Peter Hewitt

Writers (WGA):

Chris Matheson (characters) &
Ed Solomon (characters) ...
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Release Date:

19 July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Hell Hath No Pizza

Plot:

A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.

Plot Keywords:

Bill And Ted | Hell | Robot | Battle Of The Bands | God

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Keanu Reeves	...	Ted Logan / Evil Ted
Alex Winter	...	Bill S. Preston, Esq. / Granny Preston / Evil Robot Bill
William Sadler	...	Grim Reaper / English Family Member
Joss Ackland	...	Chuck De Nomolos
Pam Grier	...	Ms. Wardroe
George Carlin	...	Rufus
Amy Stock-Poynton	...	Missy Logan
Jim Martin	...	Sir James Martin
Hal Landon Jr.	...	Captain Logan
Annette Azcuy	...	Elizabeth
Sarah Trigger	...	Joanna
Chelcie Ross	...	Colonel Oats
Taj Mahal	...	Gatekeeper
Robert Noble	...	Johann Sebastian Bach
Hal Landon Sr.	...	Thomas Edison
Eleni Kelakos	...	Ria Paschelle
Roy Brocksmith	...	Deputy James
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Mr. Preston
Dana Stevens	...	1st Seance Member
Valerie Spencer	...	2nd Seance Member
Kathryn Miller	...	3rd Seance Member
Carol Rosenthal	...	4th Seance Member
Chris Matheson	...	'Ugly' Séance Member
Ed Solomon	...	'Stupid' Seance Member
Anthony G. Schmidt	...	Dark Figure
Brendan Ryan	...	Young Ted
William Thorne	...	Young Bill
Ed Gale	...	Station #1
Arturo Gil	...	Station #2
Tom Allard	...	Big Station
Terry Finn	...	Heavenly Greeter
John Ehrin	...	Albert Einstein
Don Forney	...	Benjamin Franklin
Michael Chambers	...	Good Robot Bill (as Michael 'Shrimp' Chambers)
Bruno Falcon	...	Good Robot Ted (as Bruno 'Taco' Falcon)
Ed Cambridge	...	George Washington Carver
Tad Horino	...	Confucius
William Shatner	...	Captain James Tiberius Kirk (archive footage)
Peter Hewitt	...	The Smoker (as Max Magenta)
Primus	...	Themselves
Les Claypool	...	Himself (Primus)
Tim Alexander	...	Himself (Primus)
Larry Lalonde	...	Himself (Primus)
Tanya Newbould	...	Kate Axelrod
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marni Joan Bakst	...	English Family Member (uncredited)
Sadler Colley Bakst	...	English Family Member (uncredited)
Candace Mead	...	Child (uncredited)
Lauren Mead	...	Child (uncredited)
Dennis Ott	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Frank Welker	...	The Devil / Station / Evil Easter Bunny (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Hewitt		(as Pete Hewitt)

Writing credits (WGA)
Chris Matheson		(characters) &
Ed Solomon		(characters)
Chris Matheson		(written by) &
Ed Solomon		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Aaron	....	co-producer
Robert W. Cort	....	executive producer
Stephen Deutsch	....	co-executive producer
Ted Field	....	executive producer
Rick Finkelstein	....	executive producer
Scott Kroopf	....	producer
Neil A. Machlis	....	supervising producer
Chris Matheson	....	co-producer
Richard Christian Matheson	....	co-producer (as Chris Matheson)
Ed Solomon	....	co-producer
Barry Spikings	....	executive producer
Erwin Stoff	....	co-producer
Connie Tavel	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Oliver Wood

Film Editing by
David Finfer

Casting by
Karen Rea

Production Design by
David L. Snyder

Art Direction by
Gregory Pickrell
Russell J. Smith

Set Decoration by
Peg Cummings
Robin Peyton

Costume Design by
Marie France

Makeup Department
Scott Oshita	....	special makeup effects artist
Shaun Smith	....	special makeup effects crew

Production Management
Kevin Allison	....	production manager: concert
Neil A. Machlis	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Janet G. Knutsen	....	first assistant director
Janet G. Knutsen	....	second unit director
Jeff Okabayashi	....	second assistant director
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director

Art Department
David L. Glazer	....	property master: additional photography
Guy Hietala	....	set painter
Simon Murton	....	storyboard artist
David Russell	....	conceptual illustrator
David Russell	....	storyboard artist
Joe Wood	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Gene S. Cantamessa	....	production sound mixer
Steve Cantamessa	....	boom operator
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Arnold Finkelstein	....	sound effects editor
Joanna Garland	....	assistant sound editor (as Joanna Jimenez)
Tommy Goodwin	....	adr mixer
Tom Hammond	....	foley editor
David Jobe	....	foley recordist
Kini Kay	....	sound effects supervisor
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lance Laurienzo	....	first assistant sound editor
Lisa Linder	....	assistant sound editor
Trillby Kim Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Lowe Voigt)
Nash Michael	....	foley editor
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd Toon	....	sound effects editor
Brian Ufberg	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
John S. Baker	....	special effects crew
Yancy Calzada	....	special effects crew
Scott Coulter	....	animatronics effects
Roy Goode	....	special effects technician
John Teska	....	special creature effects
Mark Yuricich	....	special effects foreman: VIFX
Bill Zahn	....	special effects technician
Vincent J. Guastini	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Richard 'Dr.' Baily	....	computer graphics animator: VIFX
Allen Blaisdell	....	visual effects
Peter Konig	....	sculptor
Alan G. Markowitz	....	matte cameraman
Gregory L. McMurry	....	visual effects supervisor
Zeke Morales	....	visual effects assistant editor
Martin November	....	visual effects editor
Paula Schneider	....	model maker
Scott Schneider	....	model maker
David Stump	....	effects director of photography
Larry Weiss	....	computer graphics animator: VIFX
Matthew Yuricich	....	visual effects artist
Al Magliochetti	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
David Carrera	....	stunt double: Keanu Reeves
Clarke Coleman	....	stunts
Monty Cox	....	stunts
Eurlyne Epper	....	stunts
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunt double
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as Jim Halty)
Tabby Hanson	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunt double
Randy Lamb	....	stunts
Will Leong	....	stunts
Jamie Jo Medearis	....	stunts
Jeff Miller	....	stunt double: Alex Winter
Janet Lee Orcutt	....	stunts (as Janet Orcutt)
James Pearson	....	stunts (as Jim Pearson)
Pat Romano	....	stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator (as Glenn Wilder)
Scott Wilder	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
James B. Crawford	....	gaffer
Brent Poe	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Brennan L. Price	....	lighting technician: second unit
Joseph T. Terranova	....	set lighting technician
Michael T. Travers	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Cash Oshman	....	crowd casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tim Turner	....	specialty costumes

Editorial Department
David Orr	....	color timer

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Jim Martin	....	musician: air guitars
Randy Miller	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Steve Vai	....	composer: additional music
Tom Villano	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Robert K. Johnson	....	transportation captain
Kenny Searle	....	transportation coordinator
Dean Winton	....	driver

Other crew
Yancy Calzada	....	puppeteer
Jak Castro	....	stand-in
Kathi Danielson	....	first assistant accountant (as Kathi Evans)
Mike Elizalde	....	puppeteer
Sophia Lansky	....	additional voices
Sara Spring	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Bob Wagner	....	set production assistant
David J. Garfield	....	photo double (uncredited)

Thanks
William Shatner	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Interscope Communications
• Nelson Entertainment

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Filmayer (Spain)
• Image Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (video)
• Orion Pictures Corporation
• RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video

Special Effects

• Video Image

Other Companies

• Interscope Records  soundtrack released by
• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition)
• Paramount Pictures  star trek footage
• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars

Also Known As:

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure II (USA) (working title)
Bill and Ted Go to Hell (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-10/7 | Germany:12 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

The evil character from the future is called "De Nomolos", which is writer and producer Ed Solomon's name spelt backwards.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bill and Ted are in Hell and their floating rock is being pulled towards Satan, Ted can be seen holding a hammer, when he didn't have one before when he and Bill fell on their rock. This was from a deleted scene in which Bill and Ted were forced by a demon guard to break rocks.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Chuck De Nomolos: It is time. They have reached the second crucial turning point in their destiny. Their message is about to reach millions. But, we will change all that. When our mission is successful, no longer will the world be dominated by the legacy of these two fools! No longer will we hear this.
[plays air guitar]
Chuck De Nomolos: We will stop them now! Brothers and sisters, are we ready?
[everybody cocks their guns]

Movie Connections:

Features "Star Trek: Arena (#1.18)" (1967)

Soundtrack:

SHOUT IT OUT

Very underrated, and probably released in the wrong year

This movie is very underrated. It's highly imaginative, creative and clever. It's just plain fun and in my opinion this film tops the first one. But the film was forgotten when it first came out, and became even more overlooked as the years passed. "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" also bombed at the box office, whereas the first one was a pretty good hit and very popular.

I think the problem may be that this film was just released a couple years too late. In 1991, Bill and Ted already seemed "so '80s". Even though the '80s were only a couple years ago back at that time, the landscape of the music and style for kids had changed so radically with gangsta rap, hip hop, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, grunge and the Seattle sound. Bill and Ted with their Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen and Guns N' Roses music along with their '80s style seemed so out of place and very outdated in '91, and I think that's one BIG reason the film bombed at the box office. Nobody but surfers were still saying stuff like "excellent!" and "bogus!" in 1991. "Gremlins 2" which also came out in the early '90s suffered a similar fate of being a good film that bombed at the box office because it was too associated with the '80s. The transition from the '80s to the '90s was a much faster change then now with the '90s and '00s. 1991 was nothing like 1988 or 1989, whereas right now, 2002 and last year 2001 still looks/looked like 1995 or 1996.

If only "Excellent Adventure" which was made in 1988, was released THAT YEAR instead of 1989, and "Bogus Journey" was made quickly and released in 1989, then it too would have probably been just as wildly received as the first.